Narrowing my 68 rear? (This is not a diet!)
I would like to narrow my 68 Beetle rear 2" to 2 1/2" for wider tires
and tub my body, any ideas on cutting the trailing arm assembly, sub-frame, torsion bars, etc??? 68 Porschedub project!:thinking: |
If you want to keep the torsion bar set-up Ron Lummus Racing(spelling?) sells some shorter torsion bars, axles, and tubes for this IIRC. Or you can go pro street route and use a four link with coil overs. Also, if this is a IRS pan, then you will have to use a swing axle set-up. There are other more time consuming and $$$$ ways to do this to have IRS though.
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What wheels and tires are you looking to installing? I've had 235/35-17 tires tuck stock fenders on my super on 17x7 wheels. Also, with the right offset you can get a 8" wheel to tuck....
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I'll check out Lummus Racing, but you have the right idea I had thought of going with a four link with coil overs from Summit racing with modified diagonal arms and lose the torsion bars, spring plates, etc? I going to tub the back and run 17x8 rims and 245 to 255 tires? I 'm also going to run a turbo 914 or older 911 Porsche motor!
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Wider tires?
Hi, going wider tires for a IRS is not that big of a problem. If you are willing to shorten the axel, then why not use wider fender? I will be running 10 rims by using wider fenders. If its just to get the tires under the fenders, use wider ones. These are 10 cookie cutter;
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...5.jpg~original See they fit, with three inch wider Fiber glass fenders. http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t.jpg~original http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...5.jpg~original You can also shorten you trailing arm by 1" per side, and a 8 inch rim will fit within stock fenders. I did a set of trailing arm myself, but have not needed them yet. |
Where did 10" cookie cutters come from?:confused:
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10 Cookies
Hello, the cookies were 6". But there is a person here in Southern California, that mods, welds, and repair Alum rims. He lathed out the center section of the cookies cutters, added a 10" blank. From the out side you can't tell anything was done. On the inside there is a complete automated weld, very professionally done.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...4.jpg~original |
And that person/shop would be....?
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The name of the business is, Eric Vaughn Wheels. Number: (626) 358-6413 Also I just called to make sure the number is still good and it is. |
Thanks!
I'll make that call. |
I am running 7" wide wheels with 225/60-15 tires with lots of room to spare under 1.1/4" widened fenders.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...4.jpg~original http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...1.jpg~original |
This is how i did mine .Limitation is spring plate clearance.
http://www.germanlook.com/Html/Tech/...ingIRSArms.htm |
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